Adapting Participatory Research Methods to Community-Based Planning

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  • February 28, 2019
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  • Shaughnessy, Sarah
    • Affiliation: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of City and Regional Planning
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  • Effective planning must take a holistic perspective, a wide view of how systems interact. However, this approach can preclude an understanding of individual perspectives and lived experiences. Participatory research methods pioneered outside of the field of planning have been designed to document and address community needs and priorities at a localized level. Among these methods is photo elicitation, a mode of qualitative and visual data collection that involves having participants take photographs that portray a particular concern, and then using the images and a starting point for discussion around how to address those concerns. While photo elicitation and other CBPR methods are becoming increasingly common in fields such as sociology and public health, they are rare in the field of urban planning, despite their applicability and potential value.This paper evaluates the utility and feasibility of using photo elicitation as a tool for community planning, based on a case study of a photo project in Durham, North Carolina. The paper concludes with an evaluation of the method’s strengths and limitations in the context of community-based planning and a set of recommendations for how participatory research methods can be incorporated in future planning efforts.
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  • Spurlock, Danielle
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  • Master of City and Regional Planning
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  • Land Use and Environmental Planning
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  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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  • 2018
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